Two oral food challenges: Almond and Hazelnut

DS2 tried almonds and hazelnut over the past month without any problems!  A little anxious to start, but once we got going he was quite eager for more.  We have NOT tested any other nuts yet, but hopeful to clear those too in the near future.  Still quite a few restrictions in place because of legumes, pumpkin, and pollen food syndrome.

Anyway, almonds and hazelnuts opens up the door to a lot of tasty desserts and sandwich options.  Nice, because the new Kraft chocolatey Hazelnut Spread shown below is DELICIOUS (and it's made without palm oil!)

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Inadvertent food challenge

Oops.
DS1 and mom had just gotten home from a dinner with classmates.  They left early because he was throwing up.  Lots.  A few hives, runny nose, and more throwing up.  It was a weekly dinner and we had packed him a lunch, like we always do.  We thought it was because he drank from DS2's reusable water bottle, which he may have cross-contaminated with something.
Turns out it was the fusilli in the lunch we packed him had "pasteurized egg whites" as an additive at the bottom of the ingredients.  Oops.
Thank goodness he'd only eaten four pieces of that fusilli by the time he noticed something wasn't right.  Imagine.
At least we know he's not so reactive as to get sick from the unlikely cross-contamination of a shared water bottle.

lamb challenge at home - success!

Lucas wanted to try our last dish of Mother Hen's frozen lamb baby food the other day. Since we always have epipens around and our schedule was clear that night, we agreed with cautious optimism. He enjoyed it, finished the disch, and lo and behold, didn't react at all!

Long live Mother Hen, and thank goodness for their products!

egg challenge

results are, well, encouraging, sort of.

Baked 1/3 egg (white and yolk) into a dozen choc chip muffins last night.
L had one, liked it (mostly because of choc chips, even if still a bit mushy inside, possibly not completely cooked).
An hour and a half later, tummy cramps and rather voluminous vomiting. No breathing issues, no visible hives, no noticeable swelling. Half an hour later, more spirited vomiting. When done, we gave him a spoonful of Benadryl and he slept well through the night (with baby monitor and occasional spot-checks, of course).

encouraging in that only vomiting, not anaphylaxis, and is willing to try again.
also optimistic about future options: yolk and white separately, and fully baked-in.
however, we do have a slight reservation in that exposure can sometimes increase the allergic response in very allergic cases (which optimistically we aren't anymore) and the quality of life and peace of mind will be worth it.